Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1968-69: VUWAE 13
Nature of the Sea Floor at each Site
Nature of the Sea Floor at each Site
(For location of each site see the accompanying map)
Site no. | Water depth (m) | Nature of the sea floor |
---|---|---|
1 | 471 | Rock |
2 | 440 | 1 inch shingle above rock |
3 | 451 | 2 ins. mud and gravel above rock. |
4 | 547 | Rock |
5 | 542 | Rock |
6 | 558 | 1 in. mud above rock |
7 | 440 | Rock |
8 | 241 | 4 feet of mud. (Cores consisted of alternate bands of brown mud, and black grit and shells 14 ins. long). Heat-flow reading A taken here. |
9 | 250 | 6 ins. mud above rock |
10 | 450 | Rockpage 20 |
11 | 156 | 6 feet of mud. Cores similar to those of site 8. Heat-flow reading B taken. |
12 | 110 | Rock |
13 | 80 | Rock |
14 | about 200 | Rook |
15 | about 650 | Rock |
16 | about 700 | Rock |
17 | about 650 | 4 ins. mud above rock |
18 | about 650 | Rock |
19 | 511 | 40 ins. of mud. Cores consisted of brownish mud. Heat-flow reading C taken. |
20 | about 500 | Rock |
21 | about 400 | Rock |